Spin Master is the Canadian toy company behind this year's international Christmas craze, Hatchimals. Although little-known outside business circles, the company is a Canadian success story now worth $3.5 billion.

China's imports grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in November, fuelled by its strong thirst for commodities from coal to iron ore, while exports also rose unexpectedly, reflecting a pick-up in both domestic and global demand.

People who work in the public sector make almost 11 per cent more than their counterparts in the private sector, a new analysis of Statistics Canada data from the Fraser Institute think tank has found.